Colca Canyon Trek to Sangalle Oasis in 2 Days
From €70 per person
See availability →A shared 2-day Colca Canyon trek from Arequipa: down into the canyon, a night with pools at the Sangalle oasis, then a climb at dawn to Cabanaconde.
This Colca Canyon trek to Sangalle oasis runs over two days and takes you to the bottom of the canyon, described as the second deepest in the world. The groups are small and the guide speaks English and Spanish.
Day one starts with a pickup at your hotel and a three-hour drive to Chivay for breakfast. At the Cruz del Condor, at 3,600 metres, you spend about 40 minutes watching condors. A vehicle then takes you to San Miguel to begin the walk: three hours down through the canyon, across a bridge to San Juan de Chuccho for lunch in the house of a local family, and three more hours to the Sangalle oasis, at 1,900 metres, with its pools. The first day covers 15 kilometres.
On day two you wake in the small hours and climb for three to four hours in the dark, watching the first light fill the canyon, up to Cabanaconde and breakfast. The tour then passes the Antahuilque viewpoints over the farming terraces and the hot springs, lunches in Chivay and stops at the volcano viewpoint before returning to Arequipa. A flashlight is recommended for the early start.
- Round-trip transport, guide, room at the oasis
- Two breakfasts, one lunch, one dinner
The room has a shared bathroom, and a private one is extra. Not suited to people with back problems, vertigo, mobility impairments or low fitness.